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Archive for June, 2009

Fire-safe Manuscript Protection

• June 23, 2009 • 17 Comments

Posted in Advice
Tags: backing up work, CD, email, novel, power surge, the next big writer, TheNextBigWriter, w riter, WIP, work, writing


BE Verbs Be Gone

• June 22, 2009 • 11 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing
Tags: be verbs, chopping block, first draft, novel, placeholders, prose, tweak, writing


Novels Aren’t Like Coffee, Pools & Cigarettes

• June 19, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in Advice
Tags: beginner, character, engaging, filtering, novel, objective, Omniscience, POV, reader, subjective, third person, writer, writing


Presenting Your Best Stuff

• June 15, 2009 • 10 Comments

Posted in Editing, Finding Agents & Submitting
Tags: writer, writing, Editing, reviewers, agent, polish, querying, beta readers


Shocked by the King

• June 10, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in Personal Notes
Tags: book review, flash, girl, novel, Omniscience, stephen king, the girl who loved tom gordon, tom gordon, writer, writing, written


Go Viral or Something with Videos Online

• June 5, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: creating videos, facebook, hubspot, marketing, videos, viral marketing, webinar, writer, writing


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